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Re: He's a WHIMP !!! (My Gripe) Insert "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" jokes here

Re: New Character. Comments Welcome. Just a background question really- Has Alex himself been fighting crime since the 30s or does he just have his father/grandfather's memories? Reason I ask is because you mention EBay in the background and I don't think that they've been around for 70+ years, did you just mean normal auction/antique sale perhaps?

Re: Second weapon cost As per the FREd, any secondary foci are bought at the cost of 5 points per doubling of foci. This is found in the weapons/armor section I believe. As to the second part of the question, the weapon still costs the 5 points and allows for multiple power/two weapon fighting attacks- personally I think multi-power attack is the better option due to less overall penalties.

Hey, need some info for a GGU character submission. Need some info on which areas of London are considered "rough" areas- the type of places that kids grow up likely to end up criminal or exposed to that sort of influence. Thanks for any info.

Re: Villianous Code Name for a Emotion Manipulater A love god by any other name... Eros

I really miss the old fuzio champs game that started off my experiences in role playing with Michael Nenonen. OK, fuzions sucks, but the system was easy enough that he could get some really cool players that might not hve gotten into champs and the game itself was... inspired and inspiriing. We played teen heroes and the elements that he manages to mix together were insane- flying clockwork crocodiles; killer ex-d bugs; werewolves, zombies, and vampires oh my ; the junior Marxmen; the Steel proletariat; an noest-to-goodness daikaiju battle starring Ghidorah; Andrew Llyod Weber's Apocalypse Now starring Meatloaf as Kurtz!; Meatloaf killing a man with an electric guitar ; my character learning to see through his lungs(ouch!); sick tk tricks for the twisited bastard; and the creepiest orgin story EVER for a super hero. God I miss that game- Hairtrigger was so much fun, although probably not as much fun as Dr. Zeus.

Re: Seeking Feedback On Electricity Powers Her electro sense is also a good excuse for giving her Combat sense, since she can detect the Bio-electrical fields of those within the same hex as her. Overall, some interesting ideas...

Re: Sebastian Shaw? She fried him like a bug, I think. But, his power absorbs physical force, not energy, so how does this show his power to have a limit? I too believe he has a limit, I would have also pointed out the low-orbit power dive that KO'd him- I just wonder why you used that example...

Re: Sebastian Shaw? Off the top of my head- huge absorption power that absorbs physical attacks to his strength and physical defenses, with huge resistant physical defenses and 75% resistant physical damage reduction. Delayed return rate on the absorption to about five points/five minutes, allowing him to build up and hold his maximum for a while. Doesn't seem hard at all to me

Re: Japanese mastervillain/hero team aid requested. Old school Champions obscure characer trivia time: Issue no. 108 of Dragon magazine had the japanese villain Oni and the organization that he founded and which bore his name- highly trained, honorable and deadly agents who were very likely to aid Japanese authorities in times of disaster or to repel foreign invasions. Oni orgin is left open to the user and he rates 480 points back in the days of 2nd or 3rd edition, so now he'd likely be over a thousand, that's how I'd build him anyways... Article has stats for typical agents of the Yari, Kabuto, Daisho and Gunsen varieties as well as Mecha, a japanese illustrator and heroine with mech control powers. Sound like what you're interested in?

Re: would like some help with empathic power ideas Feel the Rage- 2 overall combat skill levels, only for offense(-1/2), usable as attack at range(+1 1/2).

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, I'd give it 9 and 3/4 out of ten, but then I won't give any book ten ut of ten anymore- it gives writers a big head

Re: Champions Comic Book?

Re: Champions Comic Book? I picked Johnston because I liked his art and he's worked with both writers in the past- he did the lion's share of art in Strike Force, all the art in Villiany Unbound and some art in other books like the Blood art in Blood and Dr. McQuark's.

Re: Champions Comic Book? Been done-long aGO and far away (during 3rd edition, I think), there was a Champions comic and a Flare comic put put by *dum da dum dum dum!) Hero Comics. Some one on these boards posted a link to a site with the old comics on it and now that you've mentioned this topic, someone will most likely repost that link. By the by, if there were to be a Champions comic, I'd want it written by Aaron Allston or Scott Bennie and drawn by Glenn Johnston (whatever happened to him, BTW?!)

Re: Zodiac Sorry, I use the Big Green Man Book, the fifth edition hero book. Safe and Immunity are under life support, yes. Armor is not inherently visible, as it is a 0 end cost standard power, so you would buy visible for it as a -1/4 disad and then you must define three sense groups that it can be spotted with, such as my example of sight, hearing and smell. Survival, at least in the Fifth Ed. book is bought by the terrain that it is usable in, not being automatically in effect for all, so that's how I listed it- if just general in Sidekick then go with that- it seems to fit the concept.

Re: Zodiac Instead of the disadvantage that you placed on tail, just go with -1/2 Restrainable disad, since it makes more sense, since normally it doesn't matter where the atack originates from, although you could also add Not Usable with Sweep Maneuver as well(-1/4) since the attack can only be used once per phase. If you want to stick with the scorpion schtick, maybe add safe:intense heat and Immunity:Scorpion Venom(4 points for the two). Increased speed would also be justifiable, although he isn't multi-legged like a scorpion, logic has never stopped comics, has it? Definately Lightning Reflexes to simulate the quick tail strike of scorpions. Maybe add a few points rED to carpace, could also add the visible disad to armor, since the source of his protection is visible, he would make more noise when moving due to the plates rubbing together and would probably smell somewhat odd as well(-1/4). Due to the past you posted, he would also need Survival:Subtropical and Temperate, possibly Urban as well at a reasonable level. Honestly, can't really see Disguise being too feasible if he's always covered with a hard chitinous armor shell- it would be too much to work around for conventional disguise techniques. Extra Pre, only for offensive uses, due to his monstrous nature(-1). This is all I could think up off the top of my head- hope you like and decide to use.

Re: PBEM Soundtrack For a more action type game, maybe the soundtrack from the first Crow Movie. For a mystical type game, Shaking the Tree or Hits and Miss by Peter Gabriel. Bonecraker by Shocore (a Vancouver band) is a good fight song theme, whle Firestarter by Prodigy is also good for action sequences. There are any number of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin songs that must be appropriate for your games.

Re: Tanker Truck explosion suggestions 18d6 explosion plus a linked 2d6 rka area effect uncontrolled continuous attack that draws end from the tanker itself- the fuel acts as the end reserve, allowing you decide how long it will burn if not smoothered by how much end you have in the reserve. Maybe also add a 2-3d6 nnd area effect from the smoke in the air. Perhaps a smaller rka physical explosion to represent the shrapnel from the tanker blowing outward. All no range, of course.

Re: Name My Evil Alter Ego Dr. Variance

Re: New Book: The Algernon Files Cannot get the file to load with Adobe 5.0 reader, is there something wrong with the file?

Re: Question about Desolid........ If I read you right and this is to be used on all his attacks, then buy it like some of the UMA powers are bought, as naked advantage on any attck upto a cetain number of active points, then add activation and possibly extra time to reduce the advantage's cost.

Re: The Authority:What the heck? I had heard that they're re-launching the series with a new #1 issue, but I don't remember if they have the same team on it or a new one.

Re: Instructors needed, apply within. Dr. Random- an actual doctor of metabiology and an expert in metahuman battle tactics, he uses his combination of tactics skill, combat skill levels with overall combat and powerful mimic pool power to kick the students' asses with their own powers, thus showing them how effective they can be in battle...

Re: Rage induced Growth Well, I might be a little late on this one, but I was going to say an Activation roll with the base roll based on his ego roll and going down each stage after the first, to indicate how hard it is to reach each successive level of rage needed. Then add bonus to roll if the situation warrants it, such as someone taunting him or kicking his best friend and dog in front of him, etc. Sounds like a cool idea though, good luck.